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Port and Signal Station

Port and Signal Station

Public Domain

Artist
Titles
  • Port and Signal Station
Date1876
Place depictedAden, Egypt
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 x 8 13/16 in. (17.1 x 22.4 cm)
 Sheet: 6 3/4 × 8 13/16 in. (17.1 × 22.4 cm)
 Mount: 13 9/16 x 18 in. (34.4 x 45.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lynn and Peter Coneway
Object number88.221.1
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWestside National Bank, Houston; purchased by MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
top margin center in ink "Aden 1876[underlined}
bottom margin center below image in ink "Port and Signal Station-Aden"

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